A large earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 rolled through California's northern Bay Area early Sunday, damaging some buildings, knocking out power to thousands and sending residents running out of their homes in the darkness

Gurbeer Singh cleans up merchandise which fell due to an earthquake at a 7-Eleven store Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014, in American Canyon, Calif.(Ben Margot/Associated Press)

Bricks and fallen rubble cover a car with the old courthouse in the background following the earthquake.(Eric Risberg/Associated Press)

A Safeway employee cleans up merchandise which fell due to an earthquake Sunday in American Canyon, Calif. Officials say an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 has been reported in California's northern San Francisco Bay area.(Ben Margot/Associated Press)

People walk past a tumbled mannequin and broken storefront window on First Street, in Napa, Calif.(Eric Risberg/Associated Press)

Bricks are in the street after a building was damaged during an earthquake in Napa, Calif.(Ellen Knickmeyer/Associated Press)

The top corner of a building is exposed following the earthquake.(Eric Risberg/Associated Press)

A youngster rides his scooter over a sidewalk buckled by the earthquake.(Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press)

Damage to a downtown building is seen after an earthquake in Napa, California.(STEPHEN LAM/REUTERS)

Steve Brody inspects damage to the interior of his mobile home after an earthquake at the Napa Valley Mobile Home Park.(Ben Margot/Associated Press)

Napa firemen douse the remains of a mobile home at the Napa Valley Mobile Home Park.(Ben Margot/Associated Press)

A mailbox is all that remains of one of four mobile homes which were destroyed in a gas fire at the Napa Valley Mobile Home Park.(Ben Margot/Associated Press)

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